LOL here we go again. It's the same argument that we hear continuously on the football board with regards to attendance. People think students are OBLIGED to attend every game, regardless of the team's product, just because THEY are diehards.
Let me break this down again. The majority of students hail from all different parts of the country. Many of them cared little about sports, and even less about Syracuse sports beforehand. Do they show up in good packs for the big games? Of course. Because it is a social event, moreso than a basketball game, for many of these kids. Was this how I was? F*** no. But I also grew up in Syracuse, I watched the teams my entire life, I fell in love with Syracuse sports, I got picked up from school in my Dad's "syracuse university loading zone" truck to watch the Manhattan game, I stayed up all night watching the post championship coverage and showed up to school late the next day.
Point is- the majority of these kids wouldn't know anymore or any less about Syracuse if they had gotten into other schools. Hell (not calling you out Dan
) Blackknight was a ND and Uconn fan before coming to SU. Wishing the students would "learn the history" of Syracuse basketball and their associated is ridiculous. We are all of the diehards, hence why we spend countless hours of our lives posting on this forum.
It's just reality.
